Eye Movements and Lexical Ambiguity Resolution: Investigating the Subordinate-Bias Effect

Autor/inn/en	Sereno, Sara C.; O'Donnell, Patrick J.; Rayner, Keith
Titel	Eye Movements and Lexical Ambiguity Resolution: Investigating the Subordinate-Bias Effect
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 32 (2006) 2, S.335-350 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0096-1523
Schlagwörter	Eye Movements; Word Recognition; Bias; Reading Processes; Word Frequency; Semantics; Reading Comprehension; Context Effect + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Augenbewegung; Worterkennung; Leseprozess; Word analysis; Frequency; Wortanalyse; Häufigkeit; Semantik; Leseverstehen
Abstract	Recent debates on lexical ambiguity resolution have centered on the subordinate-bias effect, in which reading time is longer on a biased ambiguous word in a subordinate-biasing context than on a control word. The nature of the control word--namely, whether it matched the frequency of the ambiguous word's overall word form or its contextually instantiated word meaning (a higher or lower frequency word, respectively)--was examined. In addition, contexts that were singularly supportive of the ambiguous word's subordinate meaning were used. Eye movements were recorded as participants read contextually biasing passages that contained an ambiguous word target or a word-form or word-meaning control. A comparison of fixation times on the 2 control words revealed a significant effect of word frequency. Fixation times on the ambiguous word generally fell between those on the 2 controls and were significantly different than both. Results are discussed in relation to the reordered access model, in which both meaning frequency and prior context affect access procedures. (Author).
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